They were repainted into blue/grey in the early 1970s. Messages: 1,398. I think there would be huge advantages of a standard livery and branding across the Britain, in saving money and presenting a unified product to the customer. The Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) seeks to deliver the most ambitious changes to our railways in a generation, working with the government and across the rail sector. 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No.31271 in Railfreight "triple grey" livery with Construction sector markings. The Great British Railway - and please, spare us the flag-waving - will incorporate Network Rail (renationalised in 2002 after privatised Railtrack collapsed), ticketing and awarding operator . Great British Railways: The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail (print version) Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-2465-7 , CCS0321182446 05/21 , CP 423 PDF , 55.8 MB , 112 pages Order a copy In terms of changing the background colour - I was going to go with a navy blue, but then it wouldn't integrate with any part of the design system I had in my head, so I opted not to. Northern and TPE split into separate Northwest and Northeast brands. Great Britain (or just Britain) is the mainland of England, Scotland and Wales. The rail system is no more a public service than coach companies or supermarkets. I'm not convinced "InterCity" services warrant different branding now, as they are no longer of premium quality in terms of service provision; in many case they're just regional or commuter services (thinks XC and GWR in particular). Swiss style would be nice, British society & culture wouldn't allow this as we for example don't have direct democracy as in Switzerland this is a very good example of how it can work, credit to Dispatcher on the Stour on Twitter. Also on the Eastern Region, Class 55 Deltic locomotives based at Finsbury Park acquired white surrounds to their cab windows. GBR is similar enough to channel some continuity with BR but distinct enough to admit it's a different entity. If only we were to see a coherent joined up livery scheme to run nationwide like the picture above , however I rather suspect this will not be the case. Just like when a new TOC has taken on a franchise, the old TOC name gets removed and the new TOC name gets badged in top, like a big rectangular sticker. The infrastructure was privately owned and operated by Railtrack from 1994 to 2002, when it was renationalised and transferred to Network Rail. Class 35 'Hymek' D7017 restored to 1960's green & lime livery. A later version added a red stripe along the lower edge of the locomotive bodyside. Aren't best impressions the ones that did the 2015 Virgin East Coast HST? The anniversary of the Battle of Hastings which took place in 1066 was also used in publicity for the line. This has been confirmed by records held at the National Railway Museum. Suffice to say, an actual English nationalist would not be passing controversial legislation to enable Westminster to spend even more money on Northern Ireland, as this Government is. JavaScript is disabled. GW 1 1 Great British Railways The FT reports: The reforms will still allow private companies to run services but they will instead work under a more prescriptive management contract, similar to the system in place on the London Overground.. It's the name of the island ffs. It will replace Network Rail as the operator of rail infrastructure across all of Great Britain (excluding some Valley Lines in Wales and some Merseyrail lines). This error in colour identification comes from an article and question published in a Model Railway Magazine in the 1950s, where the responding editor made the error, and it has frequently been repeated since then. At present, train operators get to decorate their rolling stock in their own colours. Historic fact is that Roman Britain was England & Wales and the name Great Britain was adopted once Scotland joined, even though today we may refer of GB as just Britain. Boris Johnson has announced that Britain is to have a new public rail operator, Great British Railways (GBR), in the biggest shake-up of the country's trains since privatisation a quarter. On the other hand Avanti's branding is awful - there is no "Italian flair" in it at all. the handling/liability of pensions etc. But such an approach offers a bleak long-term outlook for the UK. Find out more Contact us Freedom of Information Jobs at GBRTT Media Sign up for GBRTT News Privacy and GDPR Terms and conditions [17] This livery is also often nicknamed 'toothpaste livery' by rail enthusiasts due to the multicoloured stripes resembling striped toothpaste. Can you only be professional if every rail person works in the same uniform? In 1956 an all-over darker maroon, which more closely resembled the pre-nationalisation LMS livery, was re-introduced, except for the Southern Region, where locomotive-hauled stock was generally painted 'coaching stock' green (from July 1956-on) and a small number of express carriages on the Western Region which were in traditional GWR-style chocolate and cream. The old Northern signs worked well, but only Metro/WYCA really got behind the co-branding opportunities, that I saw. For example, the Midland Railway abolished Second-class on 1 st . British Railways coaches in the crimson and cream livery used from 1949 Discussions on the livery for British Railways coaching stock in 1948 eventually settled on a network-wide two-tone livery of crimson and cream for corridor coaches, with all-over crimson being used for local, non-corridor stock. In all of your concepts the Rail Symbol (double-arrow) is far too large for the accompanying lettering, if you're looking to be guided by the original design rules. Different NSE style local/commuter networks round the country. Thus Class 47 47170 County of Norfolk, allocated to Stratford and a regular performer on trains between Liverpool Street and Norwich, was painted in Large Logo livery. Great British Railways: Livery, branding and appearance? | Page 23 | RailUK Forums We're pleased to announce the launch of our new booking engine at tickets.railforums.co.uk, which helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchased. Most of the coverage has focused on this. A livery, similar to ScotRail but with the upper dark grey bodyside replaced with a dark blue, was created. I'm not aware - what are TfW doing? 1 Pre-corporate liveries 2 Early liveries 2.1 Coaching stock from 1948 2.2 The second phase 2.3 XP64 3 Rail Blue 3.1 Locomotives 3.2 Coaches and multiple units 3.3 Local variations 4 Moving away from Rail Blue 5 Sectorisation 5.1 InterCity 5.2 Network SouthEast 5.3 Regional Railways 5.4 Rail Express Systems 5.5 Railfreight Pre-corporate liveries I have heard that the BR double arrows will remain in use due to the fact that in the UK everyone recognises it as the 'train station' symbol. RM CN0PKR - Britania 70000 in British Railways Livery at West Somerset Railway, Minehead, UK RM C1N4A7 - Totnes Littlehempston Station with Goods Vehicle in authentic 'British Railways' Livery, Totnes, Devon, England, United Kingdom RM ER5JCR - 46138 Royal Scot Class Steam Locomotive - British Railways L Blue Pullman in grey and blue livery arriving at Bristol Temple Meads in 1973. for some form of co-branding. More middle days; they were improving quite a bit in the 1990s. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Which does what it says on the tin. And the more I see RA2 and its symbols, the more clumsy it looks. Also, yes, the actual report has a typo, it really does say 'refect' instead of 'reflect'. Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; Im unsure about the livery as such, but if Great British Railways is taken forward, Id expect GBR to feature. Apple Green. The signs look good, if a bit bland and functional. By 2020s Britain, I mean a design that is reflective of modern day marketing and branding. One overarching brand, with sub brands sitting below it, for long distance services and regional brands all under the GBR moniker, much like we do today with Southern, South Eastern, South Western, Northern, etc. All other brands (SE, Southern, Thameslink, SWR, GWR, TfW, Merseyrail, Overground, Crossrail, GA, c2c, Scotrail) remain as they are. Official Description. BR's first standard locomotive liveries, adopted from 1949 onwards. From 1956 maroon (similar to crimson lake) was adopted as the standard colour for coaching stock, with corridor coaches lined and non-corridor plain initially: later on all stock was lined. Particularly if they are just vinyls on white painted trains. Not the terms I would have used but I see where you might get that impression. [18] GBR will own all infrastructure in Scotland and Wales that Network Rail owns now. [4] One locomotive, Class 47 No.D1733, was painted to match the coaching stock. A railway works best as a single unit. Read about the differences between Britain, the. Feb 1, 2020. I am confident I could design a better package in a few hours, and I am not a design professional. This long term strategy for rail will be a landmark resource, enabling a clear and agreed direction for the railway. Class 14s D9537 (in desert sand livery) and D9539 prepare a double-head a train on the Ribble Steam Railway. This is "straight out of 1975": I'm inclined to disagree there. In 1978 the British Railways Board began planning a new livery for the future, and in that August Class 56 diesel locomotive 56036 was painted to test a modified livery[11][12] of all-over Rail Blue with the entire loco front in bright yellow to improve visibility, this extending down the sides of the loco to the rear of the cab windows which were, in turn, outlined in black. Why do you show the double-arrow logo *and* the words "Great British Railways"? But it invites an obvious question: what is to be done about it? After contacting GBRTT (Transition Team), I have been informed of their intention to create a new livery. Scottish rolling stock not covered by the ScotRail livery (generally those on secondary services) received the Regional Railways livery, but with "ScotRail" branding. For example, GWRs London to Bristol, Penzance, Cardiff, Oxford etc might be wrapped up with a GBR Express or GBR Intercity, but the GWR commuter/regional services under a different brand name. Compared to the superb branding packages of TfW and ScotRail, it does not say "come use the railway . 1948 -. No complaints really over the Rail Alphabet, I even like seeing it on old BR signage that still exists here and there. In 1986 the British Railways Board divided its operations into a number of sectors (sectorisation).The sector responsible for long-distance express trains assumed the brand-name . The new British Rail "double arrow" symbol on locomotives (or leading vehicle as was the case on multiple unit stock) and the vehicle number and other ancillary markings written in the Rail Alphabet typeface were other integral parts of the livery. This livery was known as Large Logo livery as each side of the locomotive was dominated by a full body height BR double arrow symbol, and had the loco number prominently displayed at twice the previous size. You are using an out of date browser. The BR that believed in having multiple liveries and brands? All Regions. A corporate livery was created for major express services in Scotland, which effectively consisted of the InterCity livery with the red stripe replaced by a light blue one. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies, and was privatised in stages between 1994 and 1997. No.47373 in revised Railfreight "red stripe" livery. The WilliamsShapps plan recommended that there will be a single, unifying brand for railways, and it is expected that this will be a gradual rebranding over time. This style of livery was also used by CSX Transportation. Great British Railways (GBR) is a planned state-owned public body that will oversee rail transport in Great Britain,[1] with the exception of Transport for London and Merseytravel services, and light rail and trams elsewhere in England. I still think" Great British Railways" will be mostly likely be termed GBR, most of the time. It's not going to be called Rail England and if it was, there'd be nothing "Queen Nicola" could do about it. And if Northern are still running trains to Glasgow, a new paint job would be a great moment for the Government to stump up for good rolling stock. The special saloons and a few other special coaches were also repainted in chocolate and cream but regular former GWR coaches carried maroon. Copyright 2023 Great British Railways Transition Team. True. The BR Saint & TPO Livery Pack adds additional liveries to the GWR Saint & TPO add-on, enabling you to recreate realistic travelling post office operations in the British Railway era. Class 52 No.D1015 restored to 1960's Western Region Maroon livery. If it was, that format would not be used by: If you need any proof, they've also just done the same with 'Great British Nuclear'. InterCity (or, in the earliest days, the hyphenated Inter-City) was introduced by British Rail in 1966 as a brand-name for its long-haul express passenger services (see British Rail brand names for a full history).. It'll be operated quite differently. The new livery was used with the introduction of the Hastings Line electrification in 1986 to promote new electric trains on that line. The UK, Britain, Great Britain, The British Isles, England - what's the difference? | Page 15 | RailUK Forums We're pleased to announce the launch of our new booking engine at tickets.railforums.co.uk, which helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchased. Here are his exact words: Hes concerned with the English vote. Why does it need to look the part - what does nationalisation look like? I don't think there would ever be multiple logos for Great British Railways as you've alluded to - it would make it complicated for the end passenger. OK, it's not a big change, but Germany tends to do rebrandings very infrequently. Also, like I said, it's possible that they legally can't call it BR. A commonly mistake to make, but one that can easily upset the locals! All HS2 and NPR services to be branded as Intercity Express. The 25 kV electric locomotives were painted from new in a striking shade of bright blue which was known as "Electric Blue". Swiss rail. On 10 June 1986, British Rail launched Network SouthEast, an organisation designed to cut across the traditional regional boundaries and deliver a co-ordinated train service for London and the surrounding region. Non-corridor coaching stock and other multiple units received all-over Rail Blue until about 1980, when most received the same blue/grey livery as corridor coaching stock. The bottom one is basically Serco era Northern signage, and does look good to me, though I would go for a subtle double arrow in the bottom right as I said earlier, and omit the GBR text. [14] By 16 March (the deadline for submitting expressions of interest), 42 towns and cities had expressed an interest in hosting GBR's headquarters. The text won't be centred vertically with the logo. The livery comprised brown upper panels with a colour described variously as "biscuit" or "fawn" along the lower panels and separated by a broad orange band. GBR is currently running a competition to find a town or city outside London to host its headquarters. In 1964, as part of a plan to develop a new corporate image for British Railways, a number of experiments were tried; Discussions on the livery for British Railways coaching stock in 1948 eventually settled on a network-wide two-tone livery of crimson and cream for corridor coaches, with all-over crimson being used for local, non-corridor stock. It will also control the contracting of passenger train services, the setting of fares and timetables, and the collection of fare revenue, with the exception of services wholly within Scotland and Wales. Other examples are available Once they'd ditched single colour liveries, they didn't really do anything that wasn't ", One can only hope for a Sectorised return to NSE. When British Rail operations were divided into sectors in the mid-1980s, prior to privatisation, a new version of the Railfreight livery emerged giving the sectors individual identities. The history of British Rail's corporate liveries is quite complex. It appears that while the plan is to brand all trains under GBR with one branding, that plan involves a much longer time scale: . Agree, having at least 'intercity', 'regional' and 'metro' would be good. Standing on the sidelines of national politics and shouting is just what capital-U Unionism does now. I'll give you an opportunity to make up a better more modern scheme then. Launched as the London & South East Sector "Express Livery" this was a short-lived scheme which appeared on a limited amount of units and routes before the advent of Network SouthEast's "toothpaste" red white and blue striped livery. The livery was carried on the rolling stock, but also on a number of locomotives which were dedicated to mail and parcels traffic, mainly of Classes 47 and 90. Instead, I just added an icon next to the full text and removed it from the main station name. Several Class 31 locomotives received white waist stripes, these being It does because it's public perception. Creating a separate thread for this as it's quite a big topic, potentially. And other European countries cope with DB trains in France, SNCF trains in Germany etc. 19th September, 2019. The Blue Pullman sets retained their livery of Nanking Blue (albeit with full yellow ends) until 1969 when they were repainted in the reversed grey and blue livery. though we may have to wait for a new govt for that to happen. And although BR did changes, it was still the same basic livery really. Make the name central and it'd be perfect. Something will need to be kept open for Open Access Operators to be distinguished. . WMT (operationally separate from LNWR by this point) brand to be used additionally on XC services to Nottingham and Leicester (stopper only). Budgets and delivery will be held at the local level as well as at the national level. I dont think we will see train liveries being changed for a while. We need a sense of professionalism and togetherness, one branding brings that. The XP64 train was used to test technology and carriage arrangements for the planned Mark 2 coaches. The purpose of this call for evidence was to develop an understanding of how much of the current and future market demand for freight could be met by rail, and the role rail can play in the nations supply chains. [4] Normal passenger service franchise mechanisms were amended, transferring almost all revenue and cost risk to the government, effectively 'renationalising' those services temporarily. GBR will own all stations and most infrastructure in Great Britain. If you run across land borders you're going to get it. I'd go along with that from a "looks right" perspective, but it would be almost impossible to see from (for instance) inside a train in darkness. In May 2022, the Government announced proposed legislation to modernise rail services and improve reliability for passengers. The system just looks like a disparate random mish mash of different organisations each running trains in their own way. Free delivery for many products! With the publication of the Williams review and the announcement of the renationalization of British Passenger Rail, i thought i might help out anyone exited for new liveries or branding for trains. There are conflicting view on Britain versus Great Britain. At the moment, the TOC mostly differentiates this. Eastern, North Eastern and Scottish. 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Railfreight livery, a colour scheme specifically for freight locomotives, was unveiled when Class 58 58001 drove through a plastic screen at Doncaster Works on 9 December 1982. It isnt hard to believe that there may be some truth to the suggestion that Johnson would be less cavalier in his treatment of Ulster if it returned even a handful of Government MPs. Given the furious backlash over the Protocol, as well as the ill-managed disappointment that was the two parties 2010 link-up (under the awful acronym UCUNF), one can understand why Northern Irish politicians shy away from the Tories. I do also like the theory that these regions they mention will be named after old railway companies. It may not display this or other websites correctly. The 1948 trials brought LMS Class 5s, and GWR Kings and Castles in lined light green and lined blue, with incorrect suggestions that two different blues were used. Goodbye. It is known as Great because it is the largest island in the British Isles, and houses the countries of England, Scotland and Wales within its shores. It's good work (and the previous set). I wonder if we might actually see things like "Northern - by Great British Railways" rather than one single overarching branding. It's a given that there will be brands underneath GBR - if there weren't, it would make travelling pretty complicated. Underneath that in a smaller font, about half the height of the space between the botton track and the bottom of the arrow "Operated by [whomever] for Great British Railways". Last week Doug Beattie, the newly-installed leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, hit out at Boris Johnson. its going to be at least 6 months before we even get a branding document, and IMO over 2 years before we get any new liveries or Humbrol paints. I might take an example railway station (I'm thinking Rugby) and design signage made for that specific station, to see how things could look practically Not convinced. Search for a trade mark - Intellectual Property Office (ipo.gov.uk), https://twitter.com/MrTimDunn/status/912009372292780033, Somewhere along the West Anglia Main Line. I think you are mixing up ownership with some form of ideological uniformity. I would rather that operations were branded similar to how they are now, but with a few changes compared with the existing TOC areas as follows: Chiltern Railways renamed as Chiltern & Oxbridge, with brand used on all planned EWR services in addition to those from London Marylebone. This included many of the features which were later incorporated in the Mark 2, and trialled in an experimental train designated XP64. But theres no particular reason this should be. the report stated that there would be some update to the double arrow, though not what that update would be. Unfortunately, there is little sign that Beattie actually intends to do anything differently, in this regard at least, to the Democratic Unionists he hopes to supplant. 1948 -. You are using an out of date browser. With the reorganisation of British Railways in the mid-1960s, a complete break with the past was signalled by the introduction of a blue and grey livery which dominated all passenger rolling stock until the mid-1980s, when a new Intercity livery (dark grey and beige with a red and white waistband) was introduced along with a number of regional colour schemes. JavaScript is disabled. Correct. The old Northern signs worked well, but only Metro/WYCA really got behind the co-branding opportunities, that I saw. Home Forums [8][9], A fortnight before the WilliamsShapps Plan for Rail was unveiled, the Department for Transport gave notice of a 6.5million contract for Deloitte up to February 2023 as its "strategic change delivery partner: rail reform programme". You also get a more legible and cohesive transport system. I really quite like that now. With the publication of the Williams review and the announcement of the renationalization of British Passenger Rail, i thought i might help out anyone exited for new liveries or branding for trains.. Cross Country merged with EMT to form a brand called Midland Connect. I don't think the red understripe would appear though, and there will still be calls from TfGM, WYCA TfWM, TfW, etc. Instead, I just added an icon next to the full text and removed it from the main station name. In 1957 this changed to maroon with yellow markings and in 1963 bauxite with white lettering was adopted. Despite the InterCity brand having been introduced in 1966, in 1985 the word 'Executive' was dropped and the livery was applied to all coaches and many locomotives used on InterCity services. Or the awful corporate blue BR? In many ways having a 'Railway System' logo (the double arrow) for stations/journey planners but a different logo so people know the train is a 'big' intercity train or a 'small' stopping train is very helpful. Do you think we should use different colours for regions like we sort of have now, https://twitter.com/_doublearrow/status/1455113527954493474/photo/1. GBR will absorb Network Rail, although overall strategic direction on infrastructure investment and fares strategy will remain with government. Introduced originally by the Great Western Railway, the Travelling Post Office would set out from London in the dead of night and deliver . [7]. There are some good brands out there - gWr for example is a superb piece of marketing prowess, alongside the "friendly nostalgia" of the Famous Five advertising. Someone will design a great livery in the future and someone else will design a crap livery. Beattie acknowledges how Ulsters separate unionist parties weaken the Union. Within a period of 10 years, HSTs had three different liveries. Existing leases of stations to devolved transport authorities will continue. I can sort of understand lumping Moorgate services in with London Overground, but LNER to Kings Lynn has been suggested many times without any compelling reason as to why, beyond "something something intercity standard. The x-height of the lower-case lettering should be equal to the height of the horizontal arms in the symbol, so that the row of text appears to align with them. for some form of co-branding. European paint code RAL5020 ("Ocean Blue") is a good match to Rail Blue. Brunswick Green. [6], The Vale of Rheidol Railway remained steam operated past the general end of steam traction in 1968; Accordingly the three remaining Vale of Rheidol Railway steam locomotives (Class 98) received the Rail Blue colour scheme and the double arrow logo on their side tanks. 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